Gute Village (Airworks Exclusive)

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Tasting Notes: Georgia Fuzzy, Tamarind, Osmanthus Oolong

Description:  For our first Ethiopian coffee of this recent harvest season, we have an awesome honey process from Alo coffee. Alo coffee hardly needs any introduction at this point, they are renowned for producing some of the highest quality and competition winning Ethiopian coffees. Alo coffee is operated by Mr. Tamiru Tadesse and his wife Messi who have won the Ethiopian cup of excellence competition with coffee from their home village of Alo in Bensa, Ethiopia.

This coffee comes from the largest washing station Alo operates, the Gute washing station located in Bona Zuria, Ethiopia. This lot was red honey processed, something not seen in Ethiopia until recent years. The processing is strikingly clean for a red honey and presents the wonderful stone fruit notes of a washed Ethiopian coffee along with a slight tropical twist.

Impressions: In the aroma we immediately get a huge amount of yellow stone fruit, reminding us of Georgia Fuzzy peaches (yellow peaches), apricot, and mango. Underneath the stone fruit aroma, there is a syrupy and tart tropical sweetness like tamarind followed by clean honeyed osmanthus oolong tea, and purple florals like violet and lilac. The palate mimics the aroma upfront with yellow stone fruit, followed by a tartaric and candied tamarind + green grape acidic twang. The palate finishes true to the aroma with osmanthus oolong tea and purple florals.